Saturday, May 28, 2011

What's Been Goin' On

WHEN THE KIDS SET THEMSELVES UP LIKE THIS, IT WARMS MY HEART AND GIVES ME HOPE THAT I WILL SURVIVE AND THAT THEY WILL SURVIVE EACHOTHER.

THIS PICTURE DOES NOT ACCURATELY PORTRAY HOW LARGE MALIA'S BUM LOOKED! AND IT WAS WAY WAY UP IN THE AIR.
RILEY GRADUATED FROM KINDERGARTEN, SUMA CUM LAUDE, I THINK. HE IS ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT. THE KIDS DID LOTS OF LITTLE DANCES, AND RILEY WAS FREQUENTLY CHECKING TO MAKE SURE I WAS WATCHING. I DIDN'T DARE TAKE MY EYES OFF HIM :)


KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION WENT WAY BETTER THAN PRESCHOOL GRADUATION. LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO GET HIS PRESCHOOL DIPLOMA, HE PRACTICALLY CURLED UP IN FETAL POSITION, BUT THIS YEAR WAS NO PROBLEM! THANK GOODNESS! WE ARE SO PROUD OF RILEY AND ALL HE HAS LEARNED THIS YEAR.



RILEY'S TEACHER MRS. TOELUPE WAS SO GREAT. SHE IS SO ENERGETIC AND FUN, AND I LOVED THE WAS SHE DID HOMEWORK. IT WAS VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT, NOT STRESSFUL, AND VERY EFFECTIVE.



THE TWO GRADS, READY FOR SUMMER ADVENTURES. RILEY IS ROCKING THE FAKE SMILE LATELY.


JUST FOR FUN....A HAPPY GRADUATION PICTURE TO SHOW HOW MATURE RILEY AND I ARE.




BEN'S COMPANY HAD A BIG PARTY FOR THEIR 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. IT WAS QUITE A PARTY. THE MAYOR OF SLC WAS EVEN THERE. NOW I FINALLY BELIEVE BEN THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL. HE KEPT TELLING ME, AND I WAS PICTURING SOMETHING MUCH SMALLER. AND ALL THE FOOD WAS FREE!



THE ELDERLY MAN SAWING THE LOG IS THE SON OF THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER OF BURTON LUMBER, IF I'M RECALLING MY FACTS CORRECTLY. HE STILL HAD IT IN HIM TO GET THE JOB DONE :)

WE BROUGHT RILEY'S BUDDY ALONG FIGURING HE WOULD HAVE FUN AND RILEY WOULD HAVE MORE FUN WITH A FRIEND. THEY HAD A GOOD TIME RUNNING AROUND, BEING ROWDY AND HYPER. THE HYPER PART PROBABLY HAD TO DO WITH THE MANY COOKIES THEY ATE AND THE COTTON CANDY.


THE BOYS MAKING FUNNY FACES. I GUESS RILEY THINKS THE MORE COMPLICATED THE BETTER.




THESE SHARKS WERE SO CUTE BECAUSE IF THEY OPENED THEIR MOUTH IT LOOKED LIKE THE SHARKS WERE ALSO OPENING THEIR MOUTHS. VERY CLEVER.


OH MY GOSH! THESE BOYS ARE SO SCARY. THINK OF THE PAIN THEY COULD INFLICT WITH THESE WEAPONS. YOU CAN TELL THEY FEEL SOOOOO COOL.